Very pleased with these photos I took this week using the OU’s remote telescope (COAST) The Dumbbell Nebula (also known…
Christchurch Priory
The first record of a church on this site comes from around 800 AD. The Doomsday book (1086) records a…
Searching for Spring
Yesterday Keith and I went to Tilbury and Gravesend in search of spring migrants and early Butterflies and Bees. We…
The Coast of New Forest – wildlife diary
Sue and I decided to spend a weekend exploring the area on the border of western Hampshire and eastern Dorset.…
Palace of Whitehall: History
On Monday I heard a very interesting lecture on the history of the Palace of Whitehall, which reminded me of…
March Snow
Woke up this morning to find it snowing. Managed to get some photos of the garden before it turned to…
Pinwheel galaxy
One of my favourite sights in the night sky is the Pinwheel Galaxy I took some photographs of it last…
Roman Wall
One of the iconic and most visited places in London is the Tower. The earliest part of the structure that…
A cold spring morning
A walk around the Tarn this morning. It felt pretty cold, although the temperature was actually around 7C. Needless to…
Crab Nebula
Some pictures of the Crab Nebula For more information on the Crab Nebula seehttp://herschel.cf.ac.uk/results/crab-nebulahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Nebula